FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE
1 Thessalonians 1:2–3 (ESV) – We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
PAST LOVE
1 Thessalonians 4:13 (ESV) – But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.
1 Thessalonians 4:14 (ESV) – For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.
1 John 4:9 (ESV) – In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.
1 Thessalonians 1:10 (ESV) – And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
John 3:16–17 (ESV) – For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Romans 5:8 (ESV) – But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
PRESENT FAITH
Acts 5:31 (ESV) – God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
Romans 2:4 (ESV) – Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
OUR FUTURE HOPE
1 Thessalonians 4:13 (ESV) – But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.
OUR PRESENT HOPE
FINDING HOPE IN GRIEF